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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2021 Mar 11;34(8):839–850.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2021.03.002

Table 4a.

Diagnostic Performance of Echo RV Linear Dimensions for Right Ventricular Hypertrophy (Derivation Cohort)

AUC (95% CI) Cutoff Sensitivity Specificity Accuracy PPV NPV
Cohort-Derived Wall Thickness Cutoffs
Proximal RVOT wall thickness (mm) Male 0.79 (0.65–0.93) 3.55mm 61.9% 83.9% 75.0% 72.2% 76.5%
Female 0.87 (0.78–0.97) 3.40mm 72.7% 84.6% 79.2% 80.0% 78.6%
4-chamber RV free wall thickness (mm) Male 0.86 (0.75–0.97) 3.75mm 76.2% 83.9% 80.8% 76.2% 83.9%
Female 0.90 (0.82–0.99) 3.60mm 81.8% 88.5% 85.4% 85.7% 85.2%
Subcostal RV free wall thickness (mm) Male 0.93 (0.86–1.00) 3.65mm 85.7% 83.9% 84.6% 78.3% 89.7%
Female 0.94 (0.87–1.00) 3.65mm 86.4% 92.0% 89.4% 90.5% 88.5%
Echo-quantified RV mass
Echo-quantified RV mass (grams) Male 0.89 (0.80–0.98) 31.9g 76.2% 87.1% 82.3% 80.0% 84.4%
Female 0.96 (0.91–1.00) 25.3g 100% 84.0% 91.5% 84.6% 100%